Banjar

ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ITS ASSOCIATED TRADE: 

ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ITS ASSOCIATED TRADE AFP WORKSHOP YOGYAKARTA 30 AUG – 1 SEP 2004

5 Priority Policies for Achieving SFM: 

5 Priority Policies for Achieving SFM Combating Illegal Logging Preventing Forest Fire Restructuring Forestry Sector Promoting Rehabilitation & Conservation Strengthening Forestry Decentralization SFM POLICIES GOAL COMPONENTS EXPECTATION

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Initiatives and applications of Multilateral / bilateral commitments INDONESIA – UK, MOU to combat illegal logs and international trade of illegally logged timber and wood products INDONESIA – CHINA, MOU to combat illegal trade of forest products INDONESIA – JAPAN, MOU to combat illegal logs & the trade of illegally logged timber and wood products INDONESIA – EU, MOU to combat illegal logs & its associated trade is underway within the framework of FLEGT program INDONESIA – EAST ASIA PACIFIC COUNTRIES FLEG (Forest Law Enforcement & Governance ) INDONESIA as founding partner of AFP One of the objectives is to combat illegal logs & the trade of illegally cut timber and wood products

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ILLEGAL LOGGING IS A GLOBAL ISSUE WHICH OCCUR IN EVERY PART OF THE WORLD ESPECIALLY TROPICAL RAIN FOREST COUNTRIES (ASIA, AFRICA & LATIN AMERICA) TO OUR DEEP REGRET THAT STILL SOME COUNTRIES WITHIN ASEAN REFUSED TO PUT ILLEGAL ISSUES ON ITTA. WHAT IS WORSE, IS SOME COUNTRIES IN THE OPEN STATEMENT BANNED THE IMPORT OF LOGS & SAWNTIMBER, YET IN PRACTICE THEY STILL ALLOW THOSE ILLEGAL PRAC- TICES HAPPEN EVEN LEGALIZE THEM. RELATED ISSUES ON ILLEGAL LOGS & ITS ASSOCIATED TRADE TO THE OBJECTIVES OF AFP

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ISSUE ON TIMBER CERTIFICATION INTER-LINKAGE BETWEEN CERTIFICATION ( ECO-LABELING ) AND LEGALITY

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LET’S USE ONLY ECOLOGICAL WOOD THE DEFINITION OF ILLEGAL LOGGING IS WHEN THE METHOD OF LOGGING IN THE FORESTS AND THE TRANSPOR-TATION OF THE WOOD ARE IN CON-TRAVENTION OF LAWS AND REGULA-TION OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THE LOGGING IS DONE . MORE ACCEPTABLE THINKING

JAPAN : SUPPLY SHARE OF DOMESTIC & IMPORT TIMBER: 

JAPAN : SUPPLY SHARE OF DOMESTIC & IMPORT TIMBER Do you want to buy eco-labelled products? Source: Japan Forestry attache, 2004 (Jakarta)

Do you want to buy eco-labelled products?: 

Do you want to buy eco-labelled products? Yes 17% Yes, but depend on the price etc. 80% No ! 3% Source: Japan Forestry Attache, 2004 (Jakarta)

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42,300,000 M3 – 38,758,000 M3 = 3,542,000 m3 FOR DOMESTIC USE PULP 2,300,000 TONS x 4.5 = EQUIVALENT TO 10,350,000 M3 LOGS PAPER 2,626,000 TONS X 0.85% X 4.5 = EQUIVALENT TO 10,040,000 M3 LOGS

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Export Log Ban by Indonesia Export of raw rattan prohibited from natural forest. Rehabilitation and Reforestation Movement (GERHAN) and accelerate the development of Industrial Timber Forest Plantation Management (HTI). To give licence of forest concession on Natural Forest or Plantation Forest through auction in a transparant, objective and professional way. Performance assesment of Forest Concession Holders by Independent Assessor Ecosystem Restoration on production forest area Cooperation among Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) & Greenomic Indonesia (GI) with Ministry of Forestry to exercise Good Governance Practices INDONESIA’S ACTIONS TOWARD SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT

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INDONESIA’S ACTION ON LEGALITY ISSUES Wood Legality to be proved by Forest legality letters issued by the Forestry Department. Verification & Endorsement by BRIK based on Wood Mutation Report + Forest Legality Letters for forest products to be exported.

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ANY AGREEMENT ON MECHANISM OR PRACTICE FOR LEGALITY VERIFICATION SHOULD BE APPLICABLE FOR EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITH NO DISCRIMINATION THE PROBLEMS FACING THE INDONESIAN FO- RESTRY INDUSTRIES NEED SOLVING THROUGH CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT RATHER THAN TRADE BOYCOTTS. THE COSTS OF CERTIFICATION AND LEGALITY ARE HIGH, THEREFORE BUYERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PAY THE EXTRA PREMIUM TO MAKE BUSINESS COMPETITIVE AND FAIR.